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By OPIE BEAD. [Copyright, !896, by the Author-! CHAPTER L yrus W. Higglegag, connected with the hardware firm of F. W. Ringleoup fe Ca Chicago, is a man of uninten tional eccentricity. I say unintentional, because I have noticed that the major ity of men 'whom we term eccentric are not only wide awake to their own pe culiarities;, but seem to be ever culti vating them to a higher state of oddity. Higglegag's strangeness-a rude remark or tausque action-appeared to spring from a sort of nervousness that at times came upon him. Not long ago he made a business visit to a southern town, one of those delightful places that has reach ed contented old age-a town in whose suburbs a dove softly coos above an old negro who dozes in the shade, where the lolling dog is almost too lazy to get oat of the way of the sprinkling cart. Higglegag strolled along the street He had one of his .nervous fits, but would have resented an insinuation that he might possibly be eccentric He met a young woman whom he had for some zne been watching, just as another woman had passed.. "I knew it," said Higglegag, ad dressing the young woman. "What?" she exclaimed. "I say that I new it. " "Knew what, sir?" "Knew that you were going to look around to see how that woman was dressed. Made a bet with myself just now that you would. It's devilish an noying, I assure you." The young woman flew into a rage. **Yoa are not a gentleman, sir!" she exclaimed. "Then why don't you run along? Why do you stand here and talk to a She took Hie card and glared at him. man who is not a gentleman? A city girl would have been hal way home by this time, but you village belles never lose an opportunity of talking zo a man. ' ' The young woman's eyes blazed. ' 'Ii I knew your name and the place where you are stopping," she said,, her voice, wavering with anger, "my brother would cali on you. " "Here's my card, Miss-Miss at a venture, understand, for you may be the widow of a man who lost his life in the defense of the honor of his horse. I am holding forth at that hostelry of indi gestion known as the Simmons House. If you will excuse me, I will proceed. " She took the card, glared at him, and, on the springing feet of rage, hur ried away. Several hours later, while Higglegag was sitting in his room, there came a knock at his door. "Come in." A tall, strongly formed young man entered. He glanced at a card which he held in his hand, looked up and asked : "Is this Mr. Cyrus W. Higglegag:" '/Yes, sir, of the firm of F. W. Rin gleoup &C ., hardware dealers of Chi cago, that are prepared to undersell anybody in the market. Sit down. " "I did net come for the purpose of sitting down, sir. I" "Just as cheap as standing up, as the barnyard wit would say." "I have come, sir, to demand an ex planation. My sister informs me th3t you insulted her, and, by" "I don't think that I am acquainted with your sister, sir. Sit down. " "I will not sit down, d-n you! My ister informs me that you stopped her cn the street, and" "What is her name, please?" "My name, sir, is Norwood Hamp ton." 4, " Are you related to the Hamptons of Kentucky? I sold old Major Hampton a hill of goods some time ago. Tall old fellow, slightly bald, but as hospitable as the lighthouse keeper of fiction and as brave as-well, as a gentleman. I take it that all gentlemen are brave. Sit down." Mr. Hampton glared savagely at Hig glegag, while one hand fumbled omi nously under the tail of his coat "I am tempted, without further ado, to shoot your head off. You are a low minded, cowardly wretch" "Say, hold on a minute-just a min ute-and if I don't make everything sat isfactory, off goes my hezA. In a case of this kind a man never regrets listening patiently to an explanation. " "Proceed, but be brief." "All right, but you must not fly off if I don't talk to suit you at first. I have always understood that southern gentle men have a fine appreciation of humor, and I sincerely wish that you may give play to a little of that admirable qual ity, which I know you must have inher ited- Without humor there could be no high state of civilization. The savage frowns; the philosopher laughs. Now, Mr. Hampton, if you could but realize my situation, I know that you could not help but Birnie. Here you are, demand ing an explanation relative to an insult which you say that I have placed upon jour sister, and here I am. a man who -ma?y a gentleman in Chicago will tell you-never was known tn !.e gt fy ? zzi intentional wrong, it nus been said that I am at times peculiar, and I'll be banged if I haven't begun to believe it. Tfiis morning, while strolling along your main street, which I muse say is very quiet, I saw a-pardon me-saw a handsome young lady approaching, and, looking back, I saw a woman was over taking me, 'Now,' I mused, 'Ishall see an exhibition of feminine peculiarity. When those women pass, the young one will look back to see how the other one j is dressed, to see if she cannot detect some outrageous incongruity in the way her clothes hang. The other woman may also look around, but I am betting on I the younger one, ' Well, sir, the youn ger one did turn around, just as I expect ed, and, I don't know why, but surely with no evil intentions, I spoke to her. I don't remember exactly what I said. It may have been insolent, but-well, now here, suppose that men were to turn around to criticise the hanging of each other's pantaloons, wouldn't it warrant any woman in speaking to us of the disgraceful practice?" Hampton sat down. After a few mo ments he said, "The affair is ridicu lous," "Of course it is." "While you did not mean any insult, Mr. Higgiegag, you should not have ad dressed her, even though your remarks had been pleasant." "You are right, Mr. Hampton. No ene can deny that. I am sorry now, but the deepest threats of direst conse quences would not have prevented me from speaking to her at the time. Ever in Chicago?" "No, sir." "Greatest commercial achievement the age has seen. Why, sir, there's nothing that Chicago will not under take. And do you know what has made that town? The municipal patriotism, if I may use such a phrase, of her peo ple. A Chicago man may not have time to talk to you about himself or his father, but he will stand bareheaded in the rain and talk to you about Chicago. That's the way to make a town. Talk it up. Never let the subject get cold. In business here, Mr. Hampton?" "Yes, agricultural implements." ' 'Never handled the Stagwell plow, have you?" "No, sir." ' 'Our firm is manufacturing it now. The Michigan, Ohio and Illinois farmers are delighted with it. There has been a great improvement in plows within the past few years, not a revolution, under stand, but such a reduction in price that the old cast plow, which has so long been the stand by of the small farms solely on account of its low price, is about to be driven from the market. Still use a great manv cast plows round here, don't they?" "Yes, the poorer class of farmers." ' 'Ah, hah ! And it seems that the poor er class is in the majority. Now, here's a steel plow," taking up a catalogue and turning to a well printed cut, "that we are actually selling at $2.75. Just think of it, $2.75. The farmers have never before had such an opportunity as this. Why, it's marvelous-simply marvelous ! Good steel, hard oak wood. Look at the shape of that beam. There's no doubt about it, the man who intro duces this plow to the farmers of this state is going to make a fortune. The only way to get rich, Mr. Hampton, is to take hold of a good thing while it's new, before it has become common property. Look at Chicago. Snatches up every new invention. It used to be that oor inventors were compelled to go to Europe to get money enough to bring out their inventions. Now they come to Chicago. That plow, sir, for 2.75. Look at the shape of that moldboard. The old fashioned plow, you understand, turns the dirt clear over, while this sets it upon edge, keeping the soil compara tively near the surface, where it affords mest nourishment to the plant. As young and active a business man as you are ought not to take a back seat for any citizen in this town. Let me send you a few of those plows-say 100 as a starter." "Do you think I couidsell so many?" Hampton asked. "What, not sell 100? I tell you what's a fact, Hampton, you can run out every other plow. No question about it." "Well, you may send me 100." "The northern farmers are delighted with this plow, I tell you, and the soon er the farmer of this state follows the northern farmer-now, here, the cheap ness of this implement places it within arm's length of every negro farmer in this state. You just advertise that you sell the celebrated Stagwell steel plow, manufactured by Ringleoup & Co. of Chicago, and you will see that it will take more than 200 to stock the market. Shall I put you down for 200?" "Yes, go ahead." "All right. I'll order them shipped at once. Don't be in a hurry. " "I must get back. My place of busi ness is down on Main street. If you have time, drop in and see me. " "I'll do so. By the way, present package of abject apologies to your sis ter, please." "I'll fix that all right." CHAPTER II. Hampton entered a room where a handsome girl sat musing. "Well," she said, looking up with flashing eyes. "I've returned," he said, sitting down. "What did you dor' "Bought 200 plows from him. Ella, he'd make any man enthusiastic. He: ' "Is it possible that you have had a business transaction with a man who has grossly insulted me? Oh, Norwood. '; She burst into tears and sprang to her feet. "As my father is dead and my brother is no longer a man, I must be my own avenger. I will call on him. I will cowhide him as he deserves to be! Ali the Hampton spirit is not dead. " She took down a riding whip, turned to her brother and said : "Am I to go alone?" "If you go, yes. " "Don't you feel like a whipped cur, Norwool?" "No, can't say that I do." "Merciful heavens! Is it possible that von are laughing at me? I am ashamed I ^2 you; I ate' you?'!"- 5ne ruTaea j from the room. There came a nervous tapping at Eigglegag's door. "Come in." Miss Hampton entered. "Are you the young lady I saw this morning? Sit down." ? 'I have come, sir' ' "Yes, I see. Your brother was here just now, and I am greatly indebted to him. These temporary fits cf melan choly are awful. All about a girl beautiful creature; dead now. Oh, how I loved her! Last time I saw her she was looking back at me. Horse rail away with her and killed her. Yon have come to whip me? Well, well, so bo it. Oh, Dora Clyde, Dora Clyde, did I think- Sit down, please. Pay no atten tion to my rambling remarks. To die to die of love ! There, put your whip down. In the night strange whisperings come to me, a breath warm with love, but the icy morning breaks, aud I see the frost's fantastic dance marks on the window pane. Were you ever in love?" "I fear, sir, that I have wronged you," said Miss Hampton. "I did not know that you were suffering. You must pardon me. Good by. " Wheu Miss Hampton returned home, her brother, who was still sittiug in the room, looked up and said : "Well." "Why, Norwood, that poor man is grieving himself to death about a girl that.was killed." Hampton roared. "He is, just as sure as you live. I never saw such melancholy in a human being's eyes." "And I never saw such business." "Oh, you are mistaken. Perhaps he talked to you of plows because he saw the girl on a horse-not exactly that, but probably he did not know what he was saying." "Why, we made an extensive trade, and, by the way, he told me to offer you his a'pologies. " "Why didn't you tell me? If you had told me, I wouldn't have gone to see him. You ought to be ashamed of yourself." "I rather like him, Ella, and VU tell you what we'll do. We'll invite him to supper tomorrow evening. ' ' "I don't know about that. It wouldn't seem exactly right, would it?" "I think so. The whole affair has been so ridiculous that anything would be appropriate now.: ' The next morning Higglegag called on Hampton at the store, and when in vited to supper heartily agreed to come. Hampton and his sister lived alone in an old red brick house almost cover ed with vines. There were many shrubs in the yard, and along the paths ro mance strolled hand in hand with quiet fancy. When they sat down to the table, Miss Hampton, looking at Higglegag with an expression of tenderest sym pathy, told him that he must make himself perfectly at home. "I shall make myself near enough at home to feel, at ease," he replied, "but shall not be so much at home that I may fail to remember that it is being here and not there to which I am indebted for so pleasant an evening. " "You are a shrewd flatterer as well as, " glancing at her brother, "a sharp business mao." "All sharp business men, Miss Hamp ton, are shrewd flatterers, but they are also men who believe that a timely statement of an effective truth is worth more than a groundless compliment." She looked at her brother and, catch ing his mischievous eyes, smiled. "Thc average Chicago man, I am told," she said, "does not read manv books." "The average man, no matter where you find him, is not devoted to books," he replied. "The Chicago man may not read many books, but he thinks a great deal. While some men are worrying over a theory advanced in a book the Chicago man is watching the great kite of this morning's thought and now's "/ auk if 1 have offended youf action-the daily newspaper. Today he sees exploded or verified the bookworm theory that will be advanced next year. " "Do you like poetry, Mr. Higglegag?" "Well, yes, successful poetry. In fact, I like anything that is a success and deplore everything that is a fail ure. " "What do you think is the highest aim in life?" she asked. "Success in any praiseworthy under taking, to make the best possible living, to respect everything that is true and reject all shams. " The evening was an enjoyable one, but when Higglegag had gone Miss Hampton could not help thinking that he had lost much of his air of romance. While she sat musing her brother said: "He seems to have forgotten to bring that melancholy expression of eye along with him. " "Norwood, why would you destroy the budding memory of a pleasant even ing by making such a coarse remark?" "Why budding memory?" "Because the event is so recent that it has not had time to unfold into a flower of recollection." "Humph, Ella, he must have impress ed you. Pity he does not add dry goods to his line of plows. " "Pity that some one who is strong enough dees not give you a plowline," she good naturedly replied. "Wonder how. long he will be in town?" v , . "Haven't heard him say, hut until he teaches all our merchants how to be come wealthy, I suppose." The next afternoon, while Miss Hampton was walking in the flower garden, Higglegag came along and stop ped at the fence. "Looping up nature's expressions of sentimV-it, eh?" "Why, Mr. Higglegag, that is really a poetic idea, ' ' she replied. "One would hardly have expected it from" "A Chicago man," he suggested. "I didn't say that," she rejoined. "You are fond of flowers undoubt edly.'1 "Yes, successful flowers." They both laughed and caught thrill ing glimpses of each other's eyes. "How long do you expect to remain in town?" she asked. "I don't know exactly. The house owes me a vacation, and I have written demanding it." "I did not think that Chicago men took vacations." "Yes, they do when they have been successful. ' ' "Won't you come in and sit down; Brother will be home pretty soon. " He went is, but instead of sitting down strolled with her in the garden, and although several hours passed be fore Hampton came Higglegag waited until he did come. In fact, he staid until after supper. During the next few weeks the Chicago man cabled, in the sly opinion of Hampton, with senti mental frequency. One evening while Higglegag and Miss Hampton were strolling along a quiet and perfumed street, where roses, heavy with richness, hung over the fences, the girl, with sudden and seem ingly unpremeditated change of subject, remarked : ' 'It may be a painful memory, and perhaps I do wrong in speaking of it, but you have not told me anything of of-that young lady. " "Which young lady?" "Why, that Miss Dora Clyde. Don't you remember speaking of her the first day I saw you?' ' "Oh, yes, that was all put up. I mean that it was a pretense. " "I didn't think that you would be so deceitful." "Stood me in hand to practice a lit tle deceit on that occasion." They had reached Hampton's gate. "I didn't want to be whipper by the loveliest creature I- Have I oiiended you?" She had quickly stepped inside and closed the gate and had turned her back upon him. "I ask if I have offended you?" ' 'Are all sharp business men shrewd flatterers?" she asked. "Hang those formal expressions. El la- By the way. Hampton, I-I-hang it! I was about to tell your sister that I love her and ask her to be my wife, but your sudden appearance- There she goes. Ella, come back. Well, goodby. " He called again the next evening. "I ought not to let you come in," said Ella, when she met him at the door. "Why?" "You know how you talked last night5 ' "Then you are not in sympathy with what I said?" "Not that, but I didn't want you to blab it so everybody could hear it." "Ella," taking her hands, "I have been thinking over this affair, and, al though I love you devotedly, before we can become engaged I fear that the sacrifice I shall require of you will be too much l'or you. ' ' "Who said that we were to become engaged:" she asked. "Nobody, but you understand the-sit uation, don't your" "Yes." "And you will acknowledge that you love me?" "I cannot conceal it. What is the sacrifice?" "I am sure you cannot make it. " "Yes, I can. What is it?" "You must promise" "Well?" "That when you pass a woman you will not look back to see how her dress haugs. " They bioko into a iiearty laugh, and she playfully boxed his ears. THE END. Women and Newspapers. Frances Willard urges women to read the newspapers. Talking on the subject lately, she said, "Women are a set of passivities on that subject as a class," and adds: 'I am never more annoyed for my 'sect' than when the newspaper boy goes trotting through at full speed if he finds the car contains chiefly wo men, never dreaming that they may want a paper. I clutch his sleeve with a vim and buy one of every variety he has, and ask him what he is thinking about to lose patronage in that way. Gossip is nothing but small news, the nickels, pennies and dimes, while the newspaper deals in dollars and V's and X's. So it widens the mind more to read the newspapers than to gossip about the neighbors. " The Face of the Child. I dare say 1 may have told you what Tennyson said of the Sistine Child, which he then knew only by engraving. He first thought the expression of his face, as also the attitude, almost too solemn even for the Christ within. But some time after, when A. T. was mar ried and had a son, he told mo [that Raphael was all right; that no man's face was so solemn as a child's full of wonder. He said one morning that he watched his babe "worshiping the sun beam on the bedpost and curtain. " Fitz-Gerald Letters. I'hotoprapblngr by Heat. A sensitive plate exposed to dark heat waves will ultimately become af fected. With the plate still covered the same result would occur from light waves, such as proceed from the sun light. A fair test is to expose an aluminium disk to their action. X rays penetrate this metal, and it Is probable that heat waves and others can affect the photographic plate. The first duty of a real man Is to do his real duty first-Kansas City Star. I GOLD TEETH NOT ALL GOLD. I Often Are Removable Shells, Worn to Make a Shovr. "Fd hate to pay that woman's dentist j bills," said a business man to a friend j on a South Side L train the other day. Across the aisle from the men was a woman who showed enough gold every time she opened her mouth to make a man want to leave home and try his fortunes in the Klondike. Two of her upper teeth had been replaced by pieces of burnished metal, and one of her lower teeth also had a 22 carat sheen about it. Her companion had only one gold tooth, but she kept it doing the work of three by a constant smile. "That's another case of the old adage, 'All that glitters is not gold,' " said the business man's friend. "One of the dental novelties makes gold teeth pos sible to any one at a small cost and without even sacrificing a healthy in cisor to make room for the metal. For a quarter you can get a shell that can be stuck over any front tooth, and with an excuse to smile you can present a regular gold mine to the astonished public. "Actresses first affected the gold tooth, and then the Yankee man got an idea. In a short time there was an epidemic of gold teeth. The novelty man came out with his plated shells and sold them like hot cakes. No one I but the dentist has any kick against the imitation gold tooth, and as a daz- j zler it is hard to beat. That woman's teeth may be the real stuff, but I be- | lieve she can slip them off when she wants to and get them plated when they get tarnished."--Chicago Inter Ocean. Sothern and Laura Keene. While in New York and before he had made any hit, the elder Sothern had a dispute with Laura Keene con cerning some trivial affair at a re hearsal, and Miss Keene went into one of her tantrums. After the quarrel on the stage she retired to her dressing room and. still angry, sent for Sothern and began to rate him fiercely. "Stop, Laura-stop just a minute!" interrupted the comedian and advanc ing to the light deliberately turned it down. "What do you mean by that, sir?" she demanded in a rage. "Oh, nothing," replied Sothern, "but you have always been so lovely to me that I can't bear to look upon your beautiful face when you are in a pas sion. Now, go on."-San Francisco Argonaut Paid 15 Cents to Eng His Wife. The maddest man in Platte county lives at Humphreys. He attended a social, and during the evening the ladies inaugurated a hugging bee, the proceeds to go to the Sunday school. Prices were graded according to the person hugged. For instance, for hug ging a young, inexperienced girl the bidder had to give up ten cents, mar ried women brought 15 cents and widows a quarter. Well, the man was blindfolded and, giving up 15 cents, he said he would take a married woman. After be had hugged 15 cents' worth the bandage war. removed from his eyes.and, lo and behold,he had been hugging his own wife! Then he kicked and wanted his 15 cents back-Colum bus (Neb.) Times. A Hole In His neel. A hole in his right heel enabled a negro workman in the diamond fields of South Africa to secrete and steal gems to the value of $273,000. These he expressed in small parcels of fruit to a cousin in King William's Town, in the extreme south of Africa, from which place both recently depa-rted for England. Atlantic Coast Line Baited of Sill CONDENSED SCHEDULE Ia affect November 2Cth, 189S. SOUTHBOUND. _ No. 35 No 57J Lv Darlington, 8 02 air Lv Elliott, 8 45 ac Ar Sumter, 9 25 air Lv Samter, '4 29 am Ar Creston, 5 17 am Lr Crestgn, 5 4"i arr Ar Pregnailr, lb aa: Ar Orange*)arg. 5 40 am Ar Denmark, 6 12 am NORTHBOUND. No 32 No. 56tl Lv Denmark. 4 17 pm Lv Oraugebnrg, 4 00 pm Lv Pregnalis, 10 00 am Ar Creston, 3 50 pm Lv Creston, 5 13 pm Ar Sumter, 6 03 pm Lr Sumter, 6 40 pm Ar Elliott, 7 20 pm Ar Darlington, 8 05 pm JDaily except Sunday. Trains 82 and 35 carry tbrongb Pullman Palace Buffet Sleeping cars between New York and Macon via Augusta. T. ii EMERSON, H. M. EMERSON, Traffic Manager. Geo'i PABS. Agt J. R. KEN LY, Gen 1 Manager. Dyspepsia Cure. Digests ifcjtat you eat. It artifician y d i ges^s the food an 1 aids Nature in strengthefffttf and recon Btructing the exhausted Ugestive or-1 gans. lt is the latest discovered digest ant and tonic. No ot her preparation can approach it in efficiency. It in stantly relieves and permancsfcjy cures Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Heaiibur", Flatulence, Sour Stomach, Nausea, SickHeadache, Gastralgia, Cramps, and all o th e r results of i mperf ect d i gest ion. \ Prepared by E. C. DeWitt A Co.. CblcfcffV "Forsale io Samter bj Hugbfon-Ligoa Co.\ Condensed Schedule in Effect June llth, 1899. vn n \o 3, iNo. 6>No.l2 Dt ly DSly EASTERN TIME. iDaily:DaiIy 5 30p 7 00a.Lv... Charleston ...Ar ll 00a| 817p 609p 7 41a1 " ..Summerville.. " 110 18a 732p 750p 8 55a1 " ...Branchville... " j 8 52a! 602p 824p 9 23a M ...OrangebtUir... " I 822aj 529p 9 20p 10 lea1 " .... Kirkville .... 44 j 7 3 a 438p . 10 48al " Camdon .TuuctionLv'. 350? .ll 40a Ar.Camden.Lv . SO p 1010p'll 00a! Ar... .Columbia.^. .Lv; 6 45a! 355p ~530p| 7 OQalLv.. ."Chaudestoa.. .Ar ll O aj 817p 750p' 915a: " ...Branchville... " 8 52a 602p 819pi 9 41a: " ....Bamberg ....44 . 8 24a, 530p 83lp 9 52ai "... Denmark .... 44 ! 8 Ila 519p 850p 1010a 14 ....Blackville.u ! 7 56ai 503p 957p 1109a' " .Aiker." 7 02al 400p 10 45p'll ola1 Ar. Augusta un. d.Lv " I 6 20aj 810p ] Ex. ! Sun. j Ex. ! Sun. ! only j Sun. Lv. Augusta - Ar. Sandersville. M Tennille. 7 00a1 9 30a 5 21p lOOpj 119p 9 09p 130p: 130p! 921p Lv. Tennille. 5 15aj 310p! 310p M Sandersville.; 5 25a 3 21p| 3 23p Ar. Augusta. 9 00a! 710p! 8 30? j Mix. j Mix. pailyjExsuj Lv. Allendale.. " Barnwell... 44 Blackville . Ar. Batesburg. 6 45a 725a 745a 1230p . 100p!. 330p . I Mix. ! Mix. Ex su Ex su Sun. only Lv. Batesburg.!. 4 2op ...... " Blackville.10 20a rOOpUOloa " Barnwell. 10 45a 7 35p! 10 35a Ar. Allendale.!.t 8 30pUl 15a Atlanta and Beyond. Lv. Charleston.....: 7 00a' 5S0p . Ar. Augusta.1151a 1045p. Atlanta.; 820p: 500a. Lv. Atlanta.Il 00p 15a 400? Ar. Chattanooga.' 5 45a| 9 25aj 8 40? Lv. Atlanta. Ar. Birmingham. " Memphis, via Birmingham).. Ar. Lexington. " Cincinnati. 44 Chicago. 5 30a] 415? ll 2Ca'l010p 930p 7 4 a 500p! 500a 730p! 7 45a 7 15a i 5 30p Ar. Louisville.. 7 85p: 7 55a M St. Louis. 7 04a! 600? Ar.Memphis, (via Chattanooga)..! - ..j 740a To Asheville-Cincinnati-Lonisville. Lv. Augusta... " Batesburg. Lv. Charleston.. Lv. Columbia (Union Depot;. Ar. Spartanburg . " Asheville . ** Knoxville. " Cincinnnati. " Louisville (via Jellico).... 2 4t.ip| 9 SUD 419a 12 07a 7 00a 530? ll 40a; 8 30a 810p! ll 25a 700p! 240? 415al 7 20D 730p 7 45a . 650a To Washington and the East Lv. Augusta..i 240pi 930o M Batesburg.i 419p;1207a " Columbia (Union Depot).I 523p 215a Ar. Charlotte.j 845p| 915a Ar. Danville.j1^553! 122p Ar. Richmond.j 6 OOaj 625p Ar. "Washington.j 7 40a| 9 05p 44 Baltimore Pa. R. R.I 912ajll25o 41 Philadelphia. 1135a 2 5Ca 44 Now York.j 203pl 6 23a Sleeping Car Line between Charleston and Atlanta, via Augusta, making connections at Atlanta for all points North and West. Solid Trains between Charleston and Ashe ville, carrying elegant Pullman Buffet Parlor Cars. Connections at Columbia with through trains for Washington and the East ; aiso for Jackson ville and all Florida Points. FRANK S. GANNON, J. M. CULP, Third V-P. & Gen. Mgr., Traffic Manager, Washington, D. C. Washington,TD. C GEORG-E B. ALLEN", Div. Pass. Agt., Charleston. S. C. W. A. TURK, S. H. HARDWICK, Gen'l Pass. Agt. Asst. G-en'l Pass. Agt. Washington, D. C. Atlanta. Ga. Atlantic Coast Linee WILMINGTON, COLUMBIA AND AB GUSTA RAILROAD. Condensed Schedule. Dated April 17, 1893. TRAINS GOING SOUTH. No. 55 No. 35 p. ca. Leave Wilmington *3 45 Leave Marion 6 34 Arrive Florence 7 15 p. m. a. m. Leave Florence *7 45 *3 25 Arrive Sumte? 8 7 4 29 No. 52 Leave Sumter '8 57 *9 40 Arrive Columbia 10 20 ll 00 No. 52 runs through from Charleston via Central R. R , leaving Charleston 7 a. m.. Lanes 8 34 a rn, Manning 9 09 a m TRAINS GOING NORTH No. 54 No. 53 a. m. p. m. Lea re Columbia *6 40 *4 00 Arrive Sumter 8 05 5 13 No. 32 a. m. p. m. Leave Sumter 8 05 *6 06 Arrive Florence |9 20 *7 20 a. m. Leave Florence 9 50 Leave Marion 10 30 Arrive Wilmington 1 15 ?Daily. ?J'Daily except Sunday. No. 53 runs through to Charleston, S. C. ria Centra! R. R., arriving Mann.og 5 41 p tu, Lanes 617 pm, Charleston 8 00 p m. Traine on Conway Branch leave Chad bourn 5 35 p m, arrive Conway 7 40 pm, return ing leave Conway 8 30 a m, arrive Chad bourn ll 20 am, leave Chadbourn ll 50 am, arrive Hub 12 25 p m, returning eave Hub 3.00 pm, arrive Cbadbourn 3 35 am, Daily except Sunday. J. R. KENLT, Gen'! Manager. T. M. EMERSON, Traffic Manager. H. M. EMERSON. Gen'l Pass Agent. I have on hand a lot of Home-made Vinegar of very fine quality. The flavor is del icate, while the strength is equal to any to be had. Will be sold at my residence for 40 cents per gallon. ^mm^K G. OSTl